As a user of GP Peak I can testify the UI is almost snappy enough, but once you open up Firefox (or any other app that relies on web) everything slows down considerably, the devices freezes or is extremely slow to respond to input and the battery is hammered. Half an hour of attempts to browse the web and do stuff can halve it.
Other than that, the phone itself performs it's basic functions just fine and the battery life is quite good if you don't touch any of the "smart" features.
Having said that, the device is a developer preview and I like Mozilla and their mission and I hope they will succeed with subsequent versions.
Have you tried the nightly builds? My Keon ran significantly faster with them. Unfortunately, a few things were still a bit broken, so I reverted to the normal builds for day-to-day use. Still, there seems to be plenty of room for software-based improvements on modest hardware.
Yes, I have tried the nightly at some point, indeed I saw some improvements, but also broken stuff:
- scrolling in firefox produced really weird "oscillations" that never really went away unless quitting the application.
- youtube stopped working (not that i can use it reasonably otherwise)
etc.
I guess I should try it again one of these days.
Yeah, nightly builds are not suitable for daily use, but they do show that the same hardware and stack can deliver much better performance in the very near future.
Other than that, the phone itself performs it's basic functions just fine and the battery life is quite good if you don't touch any of the "smart" features.
Having said that, the device is a developer preview and I like Mozilla and their mission and I hope they will succeed with subsequent versions.